Instrumentation and Controls Engineering Specialist

3 weeks ago


Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom Belcan Full time
Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

BELCAN Workforce Solutions is excited to offer a contract opportunity for a Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer at the multinational oil and gas corporation.

This position is for a 12-month contract, offering full-time on-site work within an IR35 framework.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate and comment on discipline engineering work performed both internally and by Contractors and sub-contractors to ensure that work is being executed in accordance with project specifications, company standards, and regulatory requirements.
  • Facilitate effective execution of discipline engineering and design routines that align with the project's goals, objectives, and procedures.
  • Assure accurate and timely communication among the Project Team and other Company functions on discipline engineering activities, progress, and issues.

Key Tasks:

  • Coordinate discipline engineering technical work products
  • Communicate various issues among the company's and contractor's engineering team that affect the discipline engineering design, safety, and regulatory compliance of the work
  • Evaluate / comment work performed by the Contractor and sub-contractors to ensure that the work is being executed in accordance with project specifications, company standards, and regulatory requirements. Includes review of discipline design drawings and documents
  • Identify and assess deviations to Contract Technical Specifications and regulatory requirements; ensure that such deviations will be processed according to project procedures; maintain Deviation Control Log.
  • Respond to discipline engineering queries from the Contractor and sub-contractors as well as technical information requests
  • Keep Lead Engineer informed of discipline engineering progress, deviations, and execution concerns
  • Participate in discipline engineering reviews at Contractor's and subcontractor's locations
  • Drive capital efficiency in engineering design
  • Support internal engineering general interest or Global Practice initiatives as requested by Supervisor
  • Analyse maintenance records to determine instrument failure rates, availability/reliability calculations, bad actor/failure modes identification, and program effectiveness/cost analysis
  • Develop and execute process control surveillance programs
  • Collect and trend process data using company's multiple process historian database and visualization software tools
  • Perform process control philosophy and stability reviews coupled with execution of control logic updates and loop tuning
  • Conduct criticality assessment and develop equipment strategies/maintenance plans for instrumentations and control systems taking into consideration Safety Integrity Level (SIL) assessment, industry standards, regulatory requirement and manufacturer recommendations
  • Execute control system life cycle management programs which include control system inventory, obsolescence plans, managing spare parts and upgrade/replacement planning
  • Support control system maintenance and test planning as required, software upgrades, ESD testing, offline and online testing, and coordination of activities with/without plant shutdowns
  • Support metering systems maintenance planning including for custody transfer, allocation, regulatory, and leak detection applications
  • Support planning and coordination of tasks related to control system cyber security
  • Review systems for compliance with company's Industrial Control System Requirements (ICSR) to minimize cybersecurity threats
  • Participate with multi-disciplinary alarm management efforts including alarm rationalization, prioritization, development of state based alarm schemes, and design/modification of alarm systems
  • Review update and develop instrument and controls technical documentation/drawings including P&IDs, cause and effect, and control narratives

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related engineering specialty, or equivalent professional experience
  • Extensive knowledge of discipline design standards, specifications, codes, and appropriate safety criteria
  • Able to review, evaluate, and update cause and effect, P&IDs, logic and architecture diagrams and control narratives
  • Experience in selection, application, and ISA data sheet specification of hardware including pressure/temperature/level instruments, control valves, shutdown valves, and fire/gas detection
  • Proficient in data collection and analysis with common database and software data analysis tools such as SAP, Analytics for Excel and Tableau
  • Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs
  • Read, write, and speak fluent English, especially as it applies to technical and business communications

Desirable Skills & Qualifications:

  • Experience of Steam and Gas turbine control systems (Siemens & GE Mk 6eS)
  • TUV Functional Safety qualified
  • CompEx Ex12 qualified

Estimated Salary: $90,000 - $115,000 per annum



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